Scalding-tank.



M. JORDAN,

SCALDING TANK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9,1917.

Patented J an. 8, 1918.

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SCALDING-TANK.

Application filed June 9, 1917.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MAmsoN JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the county of Clarke and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Scalding-Tank, of which the following is a specifieation.

The present invention appertains to scalding tanks, such as are used for scalding hogs and the like, and it is the object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of that character, provided with such means that the carcass can be conveniently moved into and out of the scalding tank.

It is also the object of the invention to provide a device of the nature indicated which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in construction, as well as being practical and efficient in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the structure.

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail illustrating a modification.

The scalding tank 1 is preferably mounted on a suitable furnace 2 whereby the water in the tank can be readily heated. At one side of the tank 1 there is disposed a platform or table 3, whose free edge is supported by legs 4, and the opposite edge of the platform is provided with any suitable means 5 detachably engaging a member 6 carried by the corresponding side of the tank. The platform is substantially in the same plane as the edge of the scalding tank.

An arch 7 is mounted over the adjacent portions of the tank and platform, the same embodying posts or standards 8 and a beam 9 carried by the upper ends thereof.

A sheet 10 of flexible wire fabric or other suitable material is provided to rest upon Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

Serial No. 173,804.

upon the edge of one side of the tank 1, by means of a bar 12 clamped thereon, or in any other suitable manner. The two sheets can be composed of one piece of material, if desired, secured between the free edges to one side of the tank, or as illustrated in Fig. 2, the two sheets can be separate, the sheet 10 being secured as at 12 upon the platform 3, while the sheet 11 is engaged with hooks 12 or the like carried by the side wall of the tank, thus permitting the sheets to be detached. Bars 13 are preferably secured to the free edges of the sheets for stiffening them and enabling the sheets to be manipulated.

The sheets are raised and lowered by means of cables or flexible elements 14: and 15 having the diverging branches 16 at their free ends connected to the bars 13 of the sheets 10 and 11, respectively. The cables 14: and 15 are passed over a double pulley 17 hung from the beam 9. The cables are wound in opposite directions upon a drum 18 between and journaled to the standards 8 and a crank 19 is connected to one end of the drum for rotating it. When the drum is rotated in either direction, one cable is unwound therefrom while the other is wound thereon, thereby causing the cables to move in the opposite directions.

In operation, the drum 18 is rotated to slacken the cable 14 whereby the sheet 10 will be lowered to rest upon the platform or table 3, while the sheet 11 is raised above the corresponding side of the tank. The carcass is then placed upon the platform and will rest upon the sheet 10. Then, by rotating the drum to wind up the cable 14, the free end of the sheet 10 will be pulled upwardly toward and over the side of the tank, thereby rolling the carcass from the platform over the side of the tank onto the sheet 11, and during the time that the sheet 10 is raised, the cable 15 is slackened so that when the carcass is received by the sheet 11, said sheet will be lowered into the tank, as seen in Fig. 1, thereby scalding the carcass in the hot water. By reversing the drum 18, to wind the cable 15 thereon, the sheet 11 will be pulled out of the tank, thereby withdrawing the carcass from the water, and the sheet 11 in being pulled upwardly will roll the carcass back onto the sheet 10 and platform 3, from which it can be removed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. The combination with a scalding tank,

of a pair of oppositely moving means for rolling a carcass from either one to the other, one of said means being movable into the tank. 2. The combination with a tank and a platform at one side thereof, of means for rolling a carcass from the platform into the tank, and means for receiving the carcass from said means and lowering it into the tank and operable for raising the carcass out of the tank and rolling it back onto the aforesaid means and platform.

The combination with a tank, of a pair of means for rolling a carcass from one to the other, one or said means being operable for rolling the carcass into the tank on the other means, and the last mentionedmeans being operable for raising the, carcass out of the tank and rolling it to one side onto the first mentioned means, and means for simnltaneonsly operating the aforesaid means in either direction.

4. The combination with a tank, of a pair of sheets for rolling a carcass from one to the other, one sheet being movable downwardly into the tank, and the other being movable at one side of the tank.

5. The combination with a tank, of a pair of sheets for rolling a carcass from one to the other, one sheet being movable downwardly into the tank, and the other being movable at one side of the tank, and means for alternately raising and lowering said sheets.

6. The combination with a tank and a platform at one side thereof, of a pair of sheets having adjacent portions fastened near the adjacent portions of the tank and platform, one sheet being adapted to rest upon the platform and to move upwardly for rolling a carcass from the platform into the tank, and the other sheet being movable downwardly into the tank and upwardly therefrom to roll the carcass back onto the aforesaid sheet and platform.

7. The combination with a tank and a platform at one side thereof, of a pair of sheets having adjacent portions fastened near the adjacent portions of the tank and platform, one sheet being adapted to rest upon the platform and to move upwardly for rolling a carcass from the platform into the tank, and the other sheet being movable downwardly into the tank and upwardly therefrom to roll the carcass back-onto the aforesaid sheet and platform, and means connected to the free portions of said sheets for alternately raising and lowering them.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence'of two witnesses.

' 7 MADISON JORDAN.

Witnesses M. K. Coornn, E. DIAL.

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' Washington, D. 0. 

